It sounds like science fiction: an unmanned
warship patrolling the seas, autonomously searching for enemy
submarines. But DARPA is in the business of bringing science fiction
ideas to life, and a robotic ship like that is just what the defense
research agency plans to launch this April, reported National Defense magazine.
The ACTUV (a questionable acronym formed from "Anti-Submarine Warfare
Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel") is a 130-foot, 140-ton vessel that,
when it departs the coast of Portland, Oregon on April 7, will be the
largest autonomous surface vehicle ever deployed.
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